Improvement in extension tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo ABRAHAM REED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM 'r. oooLEY, OF SALE PLAoE.

IMPROVEMENT lN EXTENSION TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,148, dated March 25,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM REED, of the city of Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Extension Tables, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view with the leaves and cover removed; Fig. 2, an under-side view of the frame and rollers; Fig. 3, a view of a single hinged leaf 5 and Fig. 4, a view of the bracket.

The object of my invention is to provide an extension-table with a pocket having its bottom formed of rollers, in which the removable leaves may be placed.

In the drawing, A A A represent longitudinal bars; 0, legs of the table; B B, end pieces; and E, side pieces, all of which parts are constructed in the usual manner. under side of the longitudinal bars A A A I connect rollers a a b c, by means of suitable bearings d. e f are cross-bars, the former attached to the under side of A the latter to the end piece B. The bars A A with the rollers a a form a pocket to receive the leaves, the leaves resting upon the rollers a a when the table is open. When the table is closed,

To the" the rollers are brought into the position shown in Fig. 2. As a passes along under the leaves, I) and 0 take its place and pass under the leaves. The four rollers are so arranged that when the table is closed the leaves rest upon the four rollers. In order to bring the leaves within the space formed by the bars A A and rollers, it is necessary to make them in two parts, D D, hinged together by suitable hinges g, as shown in Fig. 3, so that each leaf before being placed in the pocket must be folded. together, occupying but half the space in length that it does when open. In each leaf I use .four dowels, i, which aid in supporting them when in use. The barf serves the purpose of a guard, to prevent the first leaf from dropping down while being placed in the pocket. I support each end leaf by a bracket, F, having two pins, la k, by means of which it can be hinged in suitable bearings. This bracket F is rep resented in Fig. 4.

What I claim as new is as follows:

The combination of the bars A A A and depressed rollers a a b c in an extension table, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

A. REED.

Witnesses:

E. A. WEsT, O. W. BOND. 

